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Sales round-up: PBS sends ‘Woodstock’ overseas; Gusto sells ‘Crate to Plate’
PBS strikes raft of deals for Woodstock PBS International has sold a new documentary on…
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Exclusive: RTL II signs on for Banijay’s ‘Wild Things’
German broadcaster RTL II has signed on for four episodes of Wild Things, TBI has learned. …
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Kids round-up: Blue Ant’s ZooMoo launches on Iflix; Xilam taps Superights exec for distribution
Blue Ant Media’s interactive preschool nature channel ZooMoo is launching on iflix this week. Iflix…
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Operation Live, The Desert highlight ITV Studios’ spring formats slate
ITV Studios has rolled out a slate of new formats including The Garden’s Operation Live,…
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Berlinale: Pluto TV’s focus on “long-form, niche content” will take on Netflix
Pluto TV’s managing director for Europe, Olivier Jollet, has said that the business will take…
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Viewpoint: Thriving in uncertain times
Lilla Hurst, joint-MD of Drive, discusses the growth of UK Screenings, and makes a case…
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Federation lands global rights to Twice Upon A Time
Federation Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights to Arte miniseries Twice Upon A Time. Co-produced by…
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Banijay sends Israeli drama Juda to Hulu
Banijay Rights has sold Israeli scripted series Juda into US streaming service Hulu, and secured…
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Ethical cosmetics brand Lush launches production hub
Lush, the ethical cosmetics company, has launched a new entertainment creation hub, Lush Presents. The…
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ITV label Silverprint to produce relationship drama Flesh and Blood
ITV Studios label Silverprint Pictures is set to produce a four-part drama from The Long…
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Magnify Media’s Fittest Family heads to the Balkans
Magnify Media, the UK-based distribution and rights-management specialist, has closed its first European format deal…
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What Netflix’s Q4 results tell us about its 2019 strategy
Netflix’s fourth-quarter earnings did not yield the stellar results widely anticipated, but analysts tell TBI…
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Genius Brands hires Ludorum exec for int’l sales
Genius Brands has hired Ludorum’s MD Natalie Setton to head up international content sales. Setton…
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Hulu ups subscribers by 48% in 2018
Hulu ended 2018 with 25 million subscribers, an increase of 48% year-on-year, marking its best…
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Why Eccho Rights looked for scale in CJ ENM
Newly acquired by Korean media powerhouse CJ ENM, Stockholm-headquartered distributor Eccho Rights is to expand…
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Premier League resumes CEO search following Dinnage’s shock exit
The Premier League is scrambling to appoint a successor to outgoing CEO Richard Scudamore after…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios Showcase unveils line-up
Drama Republic’s Pure (pictured) and 72 Films’ global history series Icons are among the programmes headlining next year’s…
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Made with China: is it time to transcend the quota narrative?
International distributors are increasingly finding new ways of navigating the mixed messages shrouding China’s ominous…
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TV France International mourns long-time exec Catherine Charmet
TV France International veteran Catherine Charmet has died at the age of 53. The popular…
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Barclays doubles TV investment fund to £200m
Barclays has doubled its subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) investment fund for UK TV producers to…
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Netflix’s Sky drama hire points to a major UK strategy shift
Sky drama boss Anne Mensah’s appointment at Netflix has been hailed by the British production…
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Comcast boss “convincing and relatable” as details emerge of Sky takeover
Comcast boss Brian Roberts has been described as “convincing and relatable” following a town hall…
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Studiocanal boards licensing portal TRX
French producer-distributor Studiocanal is the latest business to join online licensing portal TRX. The business…
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Amazon to adapt BBC Three’s People Just Do Nothing
Amazon is adapting BBC Three comedy People Just Do Nothing. The global SVOD has ordered…
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Op-ed: A female Doctor Who can’t mask entertainment’s off-screen problem
October may have seen one fabled entertainment glass ceiling smashed, with Jodie Whittaker nailing it…
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DRG teams with Woodcut Media for premium unscripted
Kate Beal’s Woodcut Media is teaming with distributor DRG and consultancy group The Development Partnership…
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Photo gallery: Content Innovation Awards 2018
Check out the photographs from the Content Innovation Awards 2018. Companies including DAZN, BBC…
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Op-ed: Cutting through the clutter with the right story
Jason Simms, director of drama and comedy at Sky Vision, tries to keep up with…
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Netflix takes bite out of BBC One’s Dracula
BBC One and Netflix are partnering on a three-part adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Sherlock…
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Op-ed: A decade of change for Canada
As this year’s MIPCOM market coincides with the 10-year anniversary of the launch of Canada’s…